Shock (1977) ***1/2

Shock (1977), Mario Bava’s final foray into filmmaking (with assist by his son Lamberto) is a slow burn spookshow featuring a suitably unhinged performance by the gorgeous Daria Nicolodi, a creepy possessed kid, a frantic freak-psych-prog score, fun and inventive visual effects, genuinely unsettling hallucinatory visions, effective jump scares, and a brutally bleak climax.

Recommended for fans of Repulsion (1965), The Tenant (1976) (review), The Amityville Horror (1979) (review), The Changeling (1980) (review), and Insidious (2010).

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